FOUR DIMENSION

VOCABULARYWords: mumbled, catching, hollow,

fragile, snarl

CATCHING Definition: adjective 1. tending to be transmitted from

one person to another; contagious or infectious: a disease that is catching; His enthusiasm is catching.

2. attractive; fascinating; captivating; alluring: a catching personality.

Symbol

Context clues: “Is what Marcus has catching?”

Application: My little sister is sick, I hope what she has is not catching.

MUMBLED Definition: noun verb (used without object) 1. to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost

to an unintelligible extent; mutter. 2. to chew ineffectively, as from loss of teeth:

to mumble on a crust. verb (used with object) 3. to say or utter indistinctly, as with partly

closed lips: He mumbled something about expenses.

4. to chew, or try to eat, with difficulty, as from loss of teeth.

Symbol:

Context Clues: “Marcus mumbled something about needing a “fix”.

Application: When my friend mumbled something to me in class, I couldn’t understand him.

HOLLOW Definition: noun, verb, adverb adjective 1. having a space or cavity inside;

not solid; empty: a hollow sphere. 2. having a depression or concavity

Symbol:

Context Clues: “He told me that birds are light because of their feathers but because they have hollow bones.”

Application: The log wasn’t as heavy as I thought it would be because it was hollow.

FRAGILE Definition: adjective 1. easily broken, shattered, or damaged;

delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.

2. vulnerably delicate, as in appearance

Symbol:

Context Clues: “Uncle Son said things that live in the sky are fragile.”

Application: My mother’s best china is very delicate and fragile.

SNARL Definition: verb (used without object) 1. to growl threateningly or viciously, especially

with a raised upper lip to bare the teeth, as a dog. 2. to speak in a surly or threatening manner

suggestive of a dog's snarl.

Symbol:

Context Clues: “’Do what I say and not what I do,’ he would snarl like a fierce pit bull.”

Application: When you take a toy from my dog, he will get mad and snarl at you.